Job 30:29

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I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.	I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.	My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I am a brother^H251 to dragons^H8577, and a companion^H7453 to owls^{H1323 H3284}.

Original Hebrew

אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנֹות יַעֲנָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָ֭ח	'ach	H251	HNcmsa	a brother
הָיִ֣יתִי	ha.Yi.ti	H1961	HVqp1cs	I have become
לְ/תַנִּ֑ים	le./ta.Nim	H8577	HR/Ncmpa	of/ jackals
וְ֝/רֵ֗עַ	ve./Re.a'	H7453	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a companion
לִ/בְנ֥וֹת	li/v.Not	H1323	HR/Ncfpc	of/ daughters of
יַעֲנָֽה	ya.'a.Nah	H3284	HNcfsa	an ostrich

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
H3284 — יַעֲנָה (yaʻănâh, yah-an-aw'): feminine of יָעֵן, and meaning the same; {the ostrich (probably from its answering cry}; [phrase] owl.
H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
H8577 — תַּנִּין (tannîyn, tan-neen'): or תַּנִּים; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as תַּן; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal; dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a brother — Job 17:14, Psalms 102:6, Isaiah 13:21-22, Isaiah 38:14, Micah 1:8, Malachi 1:3

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